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Opium
What is it?
Non-synthetic narcotic extracted from the poppy plant, made into a liquid, powder, or solid. Opium poppy is a key source for many narcotics.
Street Names
Ah-pen-yen, Aunti, Aunti Emma, Big O, Black Pill, Chandoo, Chandu, Chinese Molasses, Chinese Tobacco, Dopium, Dover’s Powder, Dream Gun, Dream Stick, Dreams, Easing Powder, Fi-donie, Gee, God’s Medicine, Gondola, Goric, Great Tobacco, Guma, Hop/hops, Joy Plant, Midnight Oil, Mira, O, O.P., Ope, Pen Yan, Pin Gon, Pox, Skee, Toxy, Toys, When-shee, Ze, Zero
How is it used?
- Can be smoked or injected intravenously
- Taken in pill form
- Used in combination with other drugs, such as marijuana and/or methamphetamine
How does it affect the body?
• Euphoric rush, relaxation and relief of physical pain
• Slow breathing, seizures, dizziness, weakness, loss of consciousness
• Addictive
• Coma or death
